Service Learning Project

My project is going to be more drawing based. I will bring materials for the kids to use (paper, pencils, marker, pastels). I will have the students pull names of animals out of a hat, they will then need to draw the animal that they pulled out of the hat. While the students are drawing, I will draw settings for the animals (farm, African plain, ocean floor). Once they are done drawing we will cut out their animals and place them in the correct setting.

Media in the body

After going to a presentation about voices of hip hop in art, I learned about Kehinde Wiley who uses this image to describe the status of the hip-hop world. The image communicates the current styles and attitudes of the hip hop world by using the male figure. Kehinde has a very different process of creating portrait art, he goes out and finds African Americans who visually represent the culture of hip hop and then paints them in the same style as Renaissance painters. This process is different because he is looking for a specific look instead of someone finding him and paying him to paint their portrait. This specific look (apparel)is a main focus of the hip hop lifestyle.

The Next Cool Thing

Pattern Recognition and Coolness

Go to school, do what you love, get rich and die. This has become a common occurrence in today's society, this has also become a very popular idea amongst the youth in America and other countries. Your status as a person plays a big role in determining how "cool" you are. Another big factor in determining coolness, is how new or edgy something can be. Because I am an art student(no cable and a ton of work), I definitely feel that I am missing out on all the new "cool" things happening in pop culture, such as Charlie Sheens outbursts and the latest on Mel Gibsons rants. I feel fortunate for not having to deal with this crap, I think its more important to live in my own life. There are however, a few patterns of coolness that i do get to pick up on here at art school. It could be anything from the latest in the illustration world to the most recent styles in the hipster community.

I believe the next cool thing is letting go of things that we've been trying to control or buy our whole lives. Let go of things that you don't need. You don't need your iphone or your urban outfitters clothes, you don't need your craft beers or your expensive fixed gear bike. I am one of these people who cant let go of my internet connection or my new pair of nikes. Try and live a life where you buy what you need to live, but not what you want to improve your social status. To do this you have to have the "i don't care attitude", which has become a popular idea in the youth of America.